Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ray Cowdery

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Article was dePRODed by creator without addressing the issue(s). Concern was: Insufficient sources to establish notability per WP:CREATIVE. Amazon is not a WP:RS. Authors' own works are not acceptable as notability sources. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 01:45, 16 April 2018 (UTC) Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 01:45, 16 April 2018 (UTC)

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• Delete. No evidence of significant coverage. Neutrality^talk 04:37, 16 April 2018 (UTC)
• Delete. Doesn't pass GNG. Doesn't pass WP:AUTHOR - I do not see significant coverage of the works, and the citation counts of his works are in the single digits per title on scholar.Icewhiz (talk) 06:45, 16 April 2018 (UTC)
• Retain. Author has eighteen non-fiction books in paper print; and six WP articles cite his works (Jan Kubiš, Jozef Gabčík, Nazi architecture, Operation Anthropoid, Reich Chancellery, Willys MB)
  

:I would like to cite Wikipedia: Pillar no. 5: No firm rules — Spirit must matter more than strict adherence to the letter of the law. The Fifth Pillar even goes sofar as to link directly to the Wikipedia:Ignore all rules Policy: "If a rule prevents you from improving or maintaining Wikipedia, ignore it.

:In my opinion, Wikipedia as a whole benefits more from keeping the article, than losing it. --GeeTeeBee (talk) 08:47, 16 April 2018 (UTC)

::Funny — when I engaged to the fundraising appeal banner, to make a donation yesterday, the page displayed this quote from Jimbo Wales: "Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet has free access to the sum of all knowledge."

::Somehow doesn't sound like he cares more about criteria than about information to me ?? --GeeTeeBee (talk) 14:26, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

• Delete: does not meet WP:NAUTHOR & significant RS coverage not found. The number of books is not material; they appear to be published with small-time publishers; I'm unable to find any reviews. K.e.coffman (talk) 05:56, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

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